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<html> <head> <title>Web File Browser</title> <style type="text/css" media=screen>  </style> </head> <body> <table border=0> <tr> <tr><td width=600> <center><img src=logo.gif border=0></center> <h2>Introduction<br><hr></h2> <p>Web File Browser is a simple open-source file browser written in PHP (1 single file) that allows users to create, delete, edit, copy, rename, move and upload files and directories thru a light, full-text, web-based interface <a name=download> <h2>Download<br><hr></h2> <p>Web File Browser's home page is <a href=http://www.webfilebrowser.net>here</a>. <br>Web File Browser's project page at SourceForge is <a href=http://sourceforge.net/projects/webfilebrowser/>here</a>. <p>To <b>download</b> current version <b>0.4b14</b> (still beta) go to <a href=http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=47688>Web File Browser's download page</a> at SourceForge. <a name=install> <h2>Installation<br><hr></h2> <p>Copy the <code>webFileBrowser.php</code> file to your target directory in your web server's document root. <br>Give any name to this file (it will remain invisible anyway) : <code>wfb.php</code> for instance. <p>Look at the source for optional customization. <p>Start your favorite Web Browser and point to <code>http://yourserver.yourdomain/yourdirectory/wfb.php</code>. <p>If you have just unziped the package and if this page is served by a PHP enabled web server : <center><h1><a href=webFileBrowser.php>Click HERE</a></h1></center> <p>It should be working... <p><b>Warning</b> for users of previous versions : some default settings have changed, check them carefully ! <a name=custom> <h2>Customization<br><hr></h2> <p>Web File Browser allows you to customize certain features such as : <ul> <li>Title, colors, sizes...</li> <li>Enable/disable links on files</li> <li>Enable/disable file uploads</li> <li>Customize list of extensions that allow files to be edited</li> <li>...</li> </ul> <p>Give an eye to the source to see all options. <a name=security> <h2>Security<br><hr></h2> <p>Web file browser includes a builtin authentication (look at the source) but you *must* run PHP as a module in order to be able to turn it on. <p>You can also rely on your web server for authentication. <p>For instance with Apache you can setup a <code>.htaccess</code> file like this : <pre> <Files "wfb.php"> AuthType Basic AuthUserFile ".htpasswd" AuthName "webFileBrowser" Require valid-user </Files> </pre> <a name=faq> <h2>FAQ<br><hr></h2> <p><b>File upload does not work, what's wrong ?</b> <p>There are two main reasons for that : <ul> <li>First, check your <code>php.ini</code> : <br><code>file_uploads = On</code> <br><code>upload_max_filesize = 2M</code> <br>and verify that the value in <code>$uploadmaxsize</code> variable is the same as this value (for istance 2M means 2 megabytes = 2097152 bytes) </li> <p><li>Second, if you run your PHP-enabled web server under UNIX, uploaded files (and created files/directories) are created under the ownership of the UNIX user that runs your webserver. <br>As the PHP function <code>chown()</code> does not work unless this user is <code>root</code> (which is obviously a bad idea) it is not possible to chown files to another user after creation. <br>A simple workaround is to chown/chgrp your directories to the webbrowser user/group, <br>Another workaround is to add the webbrowser group to the secondary groups of the user owner of the directories (that's what I do). In that case remeber to set <code>$filemode</code> to <code>0664</code> and <code>$dirmode</code> to <code>0775</code>. </li> </ul> <p><b>URL upload does not work, what's wrong ?</b> <p>Check your <code>php.ini</code> : <br><code>allow_url_fopen = On</code> <br>and keep in mind that only URL explicitely pointing to a file (such as <code>http://myserver/myfile.txt</code>) can be URL-uploaded. <p><b>How do I hide files ?</b> <p>Customize <code>$hidefilepattern</code> so as it contains a regular expression matching the name of the files you want to hide. <br>An example is given is the source to hide dot files. <p><b>Why "delete" action does not appear ?</b> <p>When you delete a file Web File Browser just move it into the trash can directory. This directory (located in the base directory) must exists and be writeable, if not the delete button is inhibited. <br>You can customize its name using <code>$trashcan</code>. <p><b>Which web browsers are supported ?</b> <p>WebFileBrowser have been tested on Internet Explorer 6.0, Netscape 4.75 and Netscape 7.0. It should work with other W3C compliant browsers, if not tell me what goes wrong ! <p>Feel free to ask <a href=mailto:cgdave@wanadoo.fr>me</a> any question <a name=bugs> <h2>BUGS<br><hr></h2> <p>None reported on current version for the moment. But there are certainly some... <p>Feel free to report <a href=mailto:cgdave@wanadoo.fr>me</a> any problem. <a name=todo> <h2>TODO List<br><hr></h2> <p>Identified features that will be soon develloped : <ul> <li>Handling of multiple uploads</li> <li>Zip/Unzip files and directories</li> <li>Reorganization of the code and added comments</li> </ul> <p>Feel free to send <a href=mailto:cgdave@wanadoo.fr>me</a> any feature request. <a name=help> <h2>Help needed<br><hr></h2> <p>The internationalization effort has just began. These language are now supported : <ul> <li>English (corrected by Randall COHEN)</li> <li>French</li> <li>Spanish and Catalan thanks to Albert LOMBARTE</li> <li>German thanks to Johannes EDER</li> <li>Swedish thanks to Mikael WANBERG</li> <li>Ukranian thanks to Dmytro KOVALOV</li> <li>Dutch thanks to Luk VANLANDUYT</li> <li>Norwegian thanks to Paul LOE</li> <li>Finnish thanks to Petteri HIETAVIRTA</li> <li>Turkish thanks to Tayfun BILSEL</li> <li>Greek thanks to Balaskas EUAGGELOS</li> <li>Polish thanks to Slawomir BROWKIN</li> </ul> <p>If someone is interested in translating Web File Browser in other languages (or in improving my rather approximative english) let <a href=mailto:cgdave@wanadoo.fr>me</a> know. <a name=history> <h2>History<br><hr></h2> <ul> <li><b>Versions 0.1a, 0.2a and 0.3a</b> were alpha versions not worth publishing...</li> <li><b>Version 0.4b1</b> was first beta version.</li> <li><b>Versions 0.4b2 and 0.4b3</b> fixed few bugs and added few sub-features</li> <li><b>Versions 0.4b4, 0.4b5, 0.4b6</b> fixed few bugs and added trash can management</li> <li><b>Version 0.4b7</b> added direct links to main directory and trash can and README file management</li> <li><b>Version 0.4b8</b> fixed a few bugs, added file restore feature in trash can and added URL upload feature</li> <li><b>Version 0.4b9</b> fixed a few bugs and added file aliasing feature</li> <li><b>Version 0.4b10</b> added multilingual support</li> <li><b>Version 0.4b11</b> fixed a few bugs regarding PHP warnings</li> <li><b>Version 0.4b12</b> fixed issue with "register_globals", added search (thanks to Larry CHAFFIN for the idea) and download features, added images (thaks again Larry), added optionnal images, fixed few bugs</li> <li><b>Version 0.4b13</b> reorganized PHP and generated HTML/Javascript code, added help messages in the status bar, added multiple file selection (also fixed few bugs) <li><b>Version 0.4b14</b> added profile management and other authentication methods, fixed some subtile bugs (thanks to Jean-Jacques LE MOUEL) </ul> <a name=legal> <h2>Disclaimer<br><hr></h2> <p>This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; <br>without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. <br>See the <a href=http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html>GNU General Public License</a> for more details. <h2>License<br><hr></h2> <p>This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of <br>the <a href=http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html>GNU General Public License</a> as published by the Free Software Foundation </td></tr> </table> </body> </html>
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<html> <head> <title>Web File Browser</title> <style type="text/css" media=screen> <!-- body { background-color: white; color: black; } p { font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; } ul { font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; } h1 { font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; } h2 { font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; } a:link { color: blue; text-decoration: none; } a:active { color: red; text-decoration: underline; } a:visited { color: blue; text-decoration: none; } a:hover { color: red; text-decoration: underline; } --> </style> </head> <body> <table border=0> <tr> <tr><td width=600> <center><img src=logo.gif border=0></center> <h2>Introduction<br><hr></h2> <p>Web File Browser is a simple open-source file browser written in PHP (1 single file) that allows users to create, delete, edit, copy, rename, move and upload files and directories thru a light, full-text, web-based interface <a name=download> <h2>Download<br><hr></h2> <p>Web File Browser's home page is <a href=http://www.webfilebrowser.net>here</a>. <br>Web File Browser's project page at SourceForge is <a href=http://sourceforge.net/projects/webfilebrowser/>here</a>. <p>To <b>download</b> current version <b>0.4b14</b> (still beta) go to <a href=http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=47688>Web File Browser's download page</a> at SourceForge. <a name=install> <h2>Installation<br><hr></h2> <p>Copy the <code>webFileBrowser.php</code> file to your target directory in your web server's document root. <br>Give any name to this file (it will remain invisible anyway) : <code>wfb.php</code> for instance. <p>Look at the source for optional customization. <p>Start your favorite Web Browser and point to <code>http://yourserver.yourdomain/yourdirectory/wfb.php</code>. <p>If you have just unziped the package and if this page is served by a PHP enabled web server : <center><h1><a href=webFileBrowser.php>Click HERE</a></h1></center> <p>It should be working... <p><b>Warning</b> for users of previous versions : some default settings have changed, check them carefully ! <a name=custom> <h2>Customization<br><hr></h2> <p>Web File Browser allows you to customize certain features such as : <ul> <li>Title, colors, sizes...</li> <li>Enable/disable links on files</li> <li>Enable/disable file uploads</li> <li>Customize list of extensions that allow files to be edited</li> <li>...</li> </ul> <p>Give an eye to the source to see all options. <a name=security> <h2>Security<br><hr></h2> <p>Web file browser includes a builtin authentication (look at the source) but you must run PHP as a module in order to be able to turn it on. <p>You can also rely on your web server for authentication. <p>For instance with Apache you can setup a <code>.htaccess</code> file like this : <pre> <Files "wfb.php"> AuthType Basic AuthUserFile ".htpasswd" AuthName "webFileBrowser" Require valid-user </Files> </pre> <a name=faq> <h2>FAQ<br><hr></h2> <p><b>File upload does not work, what's wrong ?</b> <p>There are two main reasons for that : <ul> <li>First, check your <code>php.ini</code> : <br><code>file_uploads = On</code> <br><code>upload_max_filesize = 2M</code> <br>and verify that the value in <code>$uploadmaxsize</code> variable is the same as this value (for istance 2M means 2 megabytes = 2097152 bytes) </li> <p><li>Second, if you run your PHP-enabled web server under UNIX, uploaded files (and created files/directories) are created under the ownership of the UNIX user that runs your webserver. <br>As the PHP function <code>chown()</code> does not work unless this user is <code>root</code> (which is obviously a bad idea) it is not possible to chown files to another user after creation. <br>A simple workaround is to chown/chgrp your directories to the webbrowser user/group, <br>Another workaround is to add the webbrowser group to the secondary groups of the user owner of the directories (that's what I do). In that case remeber to set <code>$filemode</code> to <code>0664</code> and <code>$dirmode</code> to <code>0775</code>. </li> </ul> <p><b>URL upload does not work, what's wrong ?</b> <p>Check your <code>php.ini</code> : <br><code>allow_url_fopen = On</code> <br>and keep in mind that only URL explicitely pointing to a file (such as <code>http://myserver/myfile.txt</code>) can be URL-uploaded. <p><b>How do I hide files ?</b> <p>Customize <code>$hidefilepattern</code> so as it contains a regular expression matching the name of the files you want to hide. <br>An example is given is the source to hide dot files. <p><b>Why "delete" action does not appear ?</b> <p>When you delete a file Web File Browser just move it into the trash can directory. This directory (located in the base directory) must exists and be writeable, if not the delete button is inhibited. <br>You can customize its name using <code>$trashcan</code>. <p><b>Which web browsers are supported ?</b> <p>WebFileBrowser have been tested on Internet Explorer 6.0, Netscape 4.75 and Netscape 7.0. It should work with other W3C compliant browsers, if not tell me what goes wrong ! <p>Feel free to ask <a href=mailto:cgdave@wanadoo.fr>me</a> any question <a name=bugs> <h2>BUGS<br><hr></h2> <p>None reported on current version for the moment. But there are certainly some... <p>Feel free to report <a href=mailto:cgdave@wanadoo.fr>me</a> any problem. <a name=todo> <h2>TODO List<br><hr></h2> <p>Identified features that will be soon develloped : <ul> <li>Handling of multiple uploads</li> <li>Zip/Unzip files and directories</li> <li>Reorganization of the code and added comments</li> </ul> <p>Feel free to send <a href=mailto:cgdave@wanadoo.fr>me</a> any feature request. <a name=help> <h2>Help needed<br><hr></h2> <p>The internationalization effort has just began. These language are now supported : <ul> <li>English (corrected by Randall COHEN)</li> <li>French</li> <li>Spanish and Catalan thanks to Albert LOMBARTE</li> <li>German thanks to Johannes EDER</li> <li>Swedish thanks to Mikael WANBERG</li> <li>Ukranian thanks to Dmytro KOVALOV</li> <li>Dutch thanks to Luk VANLANDUYT</li> <li>Norwegian thanks to Paul LOE</li> <li>Finnish thanks to Petteri HIETAVIRTA</li> <li>Turkish thanks to Tayfun BILSEL</li> <li>Greek thanks to Balaskas EUAGGELOS</li> <li>Polish thanks to Slawomir BROWKIN</li> </ul> <p>If someone is interested in translating Web File Browser in other languages (or in improving my rather approximative english) let <a href=mailto:cgdave@wanadoo.fr>me</a> know. <a name=history> <h2>History<br><hr></h2> <ul> <li><b>Versions 0.1a, 0.2a and 0.3a</b> were alpha versions not worth publishing...</li> <li><b>Version 0.4b1</b> was first beta version.</li> <li><b>Versions 0.4b2 and 0.4b3</b> fixed few bugs and added few sub-features</li> <li><b>Versions 0.4b4, 0.4b5, 0.4b6</b> fixed few bugs and added trash can management</li> <li><b>Version 0.4b7</b> added direct links to main directory and trash can and README file management</li> <li><b>Version 0.4b8</b> fixed a few bugs, added file restore feature in trash can and added URL upload feature</li> <li><b>Version 0.4b9</b> fixed a few bugs and added file aliasing feature</li> <li><b>Version 0.4b10</b> added multilingual support</li> <li><b>Version 0.4b11</b> fixed a few bugs regarding PHP warnings</li> <li><b>Version 0.4b12</b> fixed issue with "register_globals", added search (thanks to Larry CHAFFIN for the idea) and download features, added images (thaks again Larry), added optionnal images, fixed few bugs</li> <li><b>Version 0.4b13</b> reorganized PHP and generated HTML/Javascript code, added help messages in the status bar, added multiple file selection (also fixed few bugs) <li><b>Version 0.4b14</b> added profile management and other authentication methods, fixed some subtile bugs (thanks to Jean-Jacques LE MOUEL) </ul> <a name=legal> <h2>Disclaimer<br><hr></h2> <p>This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; <br>without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. <br>See the <a href=http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html>GNU General Public License</a> for more details. <h2>License<br><hr></h2> <p>This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of <br>the <a href=http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html>GNU General Public License</a> as published by the Free Software Foundation </td></tr> </table> </body> </html>
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